shop talk: holiday edition

I have been receiving lots of questions as to whether or not I intend to re-open the shop or carry holiday items this season. I have been hesitant to respond because I just didn't know what my holiday would look like. Last year I was home and I worked. A lot. This year I wanted to somehow try for a bit more balance.

I will be traveling some over the next couple of months so my ability to pack things up and get them out will be limited.  I know that so many of us are working on time sensitive projects and I am conscious of the fact that nobody wants to wait too long for holiday goodies. Especially my friends overseas who always have to wait much longer. Therefore, I will not be selling any new seasonal stamps or product, but, I will be re-opening in a week or so and selling various digital items. I am putting the finishing touches on a set of digital brushes based on last year's collection of holiday stamps as well as the full set of printable holiday milk caps. You can also purchase exclusive Bananafishstudio  digital elements on 2peas.

It is my intention to re-open the full shop shortly after the first of the year. It will be restocked with colorful sequins, as well as my favorite stamps and paper items.  I am currently designing new content that I hope to debut come Spring. While I'm certainly not big enough to release collections as large or as often as other companies, I put a ton of effort and hours into do what I do and the payoff is seeing my items pop up in so many wonderfully creative projects.

thanks for that.

decking the halls

merry christmas to all and to all a good night

straight outta tucson

Oro Valley to be exact. Enjoying a loud, fun, raucous, insane, delicious, hilarious holiday with my family. All of us in one big house. The good times are almost over though...we're coming back tomorrow and the home stretch begins bright and early Monday morning. Hope you're having as much fun.

relief...

so we found out today that we don't really have to do any packing. We can if we like but we don't have to. WE DON'T HAVE TO. Yippee...three cheers for the movers. I think I may still work on the studio since all that stuff is really precious cargo, but as for everything else...they can do it.

Now that the issue of packing is off my mind Keith and I have been really trying to figure out the whole furniture situation. Our aesthetic has evolved a bit and we don't want to continue to invest in pieces that won't work. It's a trying thing, but we'll figure it out.

photo courtesy of little willow

I am also thinking about Christmas. I will probably be celebrating in Atlanta, but don't want to be surrounded by boxes. I saw this adorable Christmas tree idea and it looks easy. I'm not trying to go nuts, but I do want to be a little festive. Let me know if you have any quick and easy holiday ideas.